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kururin 22 Jul 2005 20:52:55 1,211 posts
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The pink stylus ends the argument.

spazmo 22 Jul 2005 21:00:28 2,838 posts
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kururin wrote:
The pink stylus ends the argument.

It does! If you own a DS you're either a girl or a gayboy! Get over it already!

mrharvest 22 Jul 2005 21:06:51 5,718 posts
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Nintendo is...

Sony is...

Microsoft is...

a) cute and fun to play with but might be illegal in your country.
b) that's no girl!
c) putting on some weight lately, dear?
d) I'm not being serious.

gerg 22 Jul 2005 21:20:20 880 posts
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So you're saying that EVERY girl likes Barbie dolls, pink, Disney Princesses etc.?

Well, I can tell you that that is not true. It's like saying every blonde is braindead. The world is not like that.

And the pink stylus is for Canvas Curve - NOT specifically for girls.

gerg 22 Jul 2005 21:26:36 880 posts
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k.o.t.i - Your argument is flawed, end of story.

Now, back on topic...

MikeD 22 Jul 2005 21:30:18 10,063 posts
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gerg wrote:
k.o.t.i - Your argument is flawed, end of story.

Nope, you just made it flawed through semantics. Obviosuly Koti did not mean 100% of all girls.

gerg 22 Jul 2005 21:32:27 880 posts
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MikeD wrote:
Nope, you just made it flawed through semantics. Obviosuly Koti did not mean 100% of all girls.

Thus he has no right to say 'girls like X and Y and A'.
The gaming scene is sometimes very different to the sales in his shop, which he admitted himself, so how can he say, based on his shop, that the DS a 'girly toy'?

MikeD 22 Jul 2005 21:35:17 10,063 posts
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gerg wrote:]
Thus he has no right to say 'girls like X and Y and A'.

Yes, he does, actually. because he is NOT talking about ALL girls. Just a large aprt of them. That's the way we describe sucha thing. if we all had to be completely precise in our descriptions to argue with you, nobody would.

MikeD 22 Jul 2005 22:11:22 10,063 posts
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harvester fajita special?

That doesn't sound so twenty something mass market to me.

quedex 22 Jul 2005 22:13:21 3,135 posts
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otto wrote:
I'd say the 360 offered your Big Mac and fries, the PS3 your Harvester chicken fajita special, and your Revolution your Sushi World takeaway.

I hope that analogy isn't that good - last time I went to a Harvester, I got food poisoning

MikeD 22 Jul 2005 22:19:38 10,063 posts
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Haagen Dasz is a bailey's brand?

MyWifeNowDave 23 Jul 2005 01:02:41 65 posts
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I can see the similarity between Nintendo and McDonalds I guess. The only difference is Nintendo isnt full of sh*t (literally).

beep 23 Jul 2005 01:04:14 519 posts
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You're giving waaay too much credit to McDonald's if you compare Nintendo to them. Way too much.

What a stupid thread.

asphaltcowboy 23 Jul 2005 01:19:59 5,157 posts
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I bought 2 DSs... am I gay?

gerg 23 Jul 2005 07:10:00 880 posts
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But the reason I will never admit that the DS is a 'girly toy' (still using your description) is because nothing is a 'girly toy' or a 'boy toy'. It's like saying pink is a girly colour, which it isn't. Those two descriptions incline that the product is purely targeted to those groups, which is complete and utter rubbish.

I think highlighting the fact that the DS sells better to girls than to boys just highlights the fact that the PSP will never be able to do that - a failure on it's part.

kururin 23 Jul 2005 07:15:51 1,211 posts
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Just shut up.

gerg 23 Jul 2005 07:16:48 880 posts
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Clicky

Edit: Url too long.

Edited by Lutz at 10:28:04 23-07-2005

gerg 23 Jul 2005 07:17:25 880 posts
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Clicky

THe former supports your argument, the latter doesn't. It's all about how you put the words, thus I find no credibility in your source.

Edit: URL too long.

Edited by Lutz at 10:28:34 23-07-2005

deem 23 Jul 2005 09:51:19 31,667 posts
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MyWifeNowDave 23 Jul 2005 11:22:27 65 posts
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asphaltcowboy wrote:
I bought 2 DSs... am I gay?

yes

asphaltcowboy 23 Jul 2005 12:02:46 5,157 posts
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MyWifeNowDave wrote:

asphaltcowboy wrote:
I bought 2 DSs... am I gay?

yes

die.

yes koti, I bought one for myself and one for my gf.

gerg 23 Jul 2005 18:04:08 880 posts
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:shrug: I couldn't care less anymore. And no need for insults deem, and my name is spelt gerg. No capitals.

gerg 23 Jul 2005 18:18:59 880 posts
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Why? I mean, I don't really think you think I'm right, and are just saying it to end the discussion.

Teeth 23 Jul 2005 18:22:23 7,987 posts
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If koti's selling more DS units to girls then what do you expect him to say? You aren't going to change his mind.

This is pointless.

gerg 23 Jul 2005 18:25:12 880 posts
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exactly

Teeth 23 Jul 2005 18:32:50 7,987 posts
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Then why are you prolonging it? It's painful to read. Let it go...

Personally I liked the Scholes / Beckham comparison and I don't even know much about football.

I also don't know why any PSP or DS thread has to turn into a PSP / DS war. I also don't know why it even happened in this thread which isn't even a DS thread.

Seeing as we're there though, I'm siding with the DS for now until I see some good games for PSP coming out.

I think koti's list of PSP games earlier cited as reasons to get a PSP is crap, it's no fault of his because no good games have come out or are coming out for PSP for the forseeable future. The PSP release schedule is total madness for the discerning gamer. Zero attraction for me, and frankly I'm amazed by that. 31 games and they can only make 1 that is interesting to me?

I love the PSP unit itself, it's really sweet. But I can't even enjoy Wipeout Pure... Lumines is the only game I've played and enjoyed on it. Just utter, utter hogwash.

As for the DS being a girly toy, that's fine - the girls that I know that play games only like the better games anyway. Pink is a girly colour. Girly toys do exist. That's also fine. DS isn't for girls, though, it's for anyone who likes games and doesn't want racer after third-person game after racer first-person game after racer.

quedex 23 Jul 2005 18:50:48 3,135 posts
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gerg wrote:
Why? I mean, I don't really think you think I'm right, and are just saying it to end the discussion.

I have no direct evidence to support my theory, but haven't you even considered the possibility that people might just be saying things to wind you up? This is an internet forum after all - taking people seriously just isn't worth the effort at times...

gerg 23 Jul 2005 18:52:41 880 posts
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I thought I did by saying I couldn't care any more. I just don't think that it is correct to place toys etc. into categories like 'for boys' and 'for girls'. Football used to be percieved as a men's sport, but now there is woman's football. I know women who didn't play with dolls at all as a child, and a man who did.
It's like saying Disney films are for kids.

MikeD 23 Jul 2005 18:54:11 10,063 posts
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You played with dolls as a child didn't you?

Bertie Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net 23 Jul 2005 18:58:18 1,765 posts
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PSP and the DS are both sexy bits of kit. PSP is perhaps sexier, but I'd probably rather have a DS at the moment.

When the PSP has some titles that really work on it, without the load times, perhaps it'll be a different ball game.

Great piece of kit, badly handled by Sony in my opinion.

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